OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Development Growth & Differentiation is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

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The TRP channel PKD2 is involved in sensing the mechanical stimulus of adhesion for initiating metamorphosis in the chordate Ciona	22
Emergent roles of maternal microchimerism in postnatal development	21
Generation of translucent Xenopus tropicalis through triple knockout of pigmentation genes	21
Unveiling the Molecular Pathogenesis of MCPH : Insights From Drosophila Model System	17
X‐ray micro‐computed tomography of Xenopus tadpole reveals changes in brain ventricular morphology during telencephalon regeneration	13
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Advances in developmental biology using next‐generation sequencing (NGS): Workshop for next‐generation researchers	9
Development of a heat‐stable alkaline phosphatase reporter system for cis‐regulatory analysis and its application to 3D digital imaging of Xenopus embryonic tissues	9
Versatile utilities of amphibians (Part 3)	8
Appendage‐restricted gene induction using a heated agarose gel for studying regeneration in metamorphosed Xenopus laevis and Pleurodeles waltl	8
Novel function of Hox13 in regulating outgrowth of the newt hindlimb bud through interaction with Fgf10 and Tbx4	8
Effect of Cdk1 gene disruption on cell cycle progression in newt cells	8
Establishment of a new method to isolate viable x‐ray‐sensitive cells from planarian by fluorescence‐activated cell sorting	8
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Anisotropic Cellular Forces Drive Hexagonal‐to‐Tetragonal Tiling Transitions in the Drosophila Eye	7
maea affects head formation through β‐catenin degradation during early Xenopus laevis development	7
Versatile Utilities of Amphibians (part 1)	6
A Simple Method for RNA ‐Seq of Manually Isolated Chromatophores in Oryzias Fishes	6
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Intestinal expression patterns of transcription factors and markers for interstitial cells in the larval zebrafish	6
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Membrane molecule bouncer regulates sperm binding activity in immature oocytes in the viviparous teleost species Poecilia reticulata (guppy)	6
Dissection of N‐deacetylase and N‐sulfotransferase activities of NDST1 and their effects on Wnt8 distribution and signaling in Xenopus embryos	5

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An analysis of semaphorin‐mediated cellular interactions in the Caenorhabditis elegans epidermis using the IR‐LEGO	5
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Characterization of Heat Shock Protein Expression and Its Application to Temporal Gene Expression in the Nematode Pristionchus pacificus	5
Marine genomics, transcriptomics, and beyond in developmental, cell, and evolutionary biology	5
Combinatorial genetic strategies for dissecting cell lineages, cell types, and gene function in the mouse brain	5
Tracing the developmental origin of tissue stem cells	5
Quantitative analysis of the roles of IRM cell adhesion molecules in column formation in the fly brain	5
Foxg1 and Retinoic Acid Signaling Regulate Zonal Patterning in the Developing Olfactory Epithelium	5
Intravital staining to detect mineralization in Xenopus tropicalis during and after metamorphosis	4
Genetic and developmental bases for mammalian neocortical evolution	4
How do maternal androgens and estrogens affect sex determination in reptiles with temperature‐dependent sex?	4
Live imaging observation of elevation of the anterior palatal shelf in mouse embryos	4
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A novel agonist for the HGF receptor MET promotes differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into hepatocyte‐like cells	4
Conserved Interhemispheric Morphogenesis in Amniotes Preceded the Evolution of the Corpus Callosum	4
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Evolutionarily conserved roles of foxg1a in the developing subpallium of zebrafish embryos	4
Transcriptome Comparison Between the Cultured and In Vivo Chick Primordial Germ Cells by SMART ‐Seq‐Based Single‐Cell RNA	4
RNF216 affects the stability of STAU2 in the hypothalamus	4
Heat‐Shock‐Inducible Gene Expression Systems in Amphibians: Utility in Regeneration and Metamorphosis Studies	4
Measuring intraventricular pressure in developing mouse embryos: Uncovering a repetitive mechanical cue for brain development	4
Cooperative Roles of Pds5a and Pds5b Constrain Long‐Range Chromatin Interactions in Vertebrate Embryos	4
Characteristic tetraspanin expression patterns mark various tissues during early Xenopus development	3
Genomic screening of fish‐specific genes in gnathostomes and their functions in fin development	3
Expression of hox Genes and Genes Related to Limb Development During the Homeotic Transformation of Tails Into Limbs Induced by Vitamin A in the Anuran	3
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Involvement of strawberry notch homologue 1 in neurite outgrowth of cortical neurons	3
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The property of larval cells of the scleractinian coral, Acropora tenuis, deduced from in vitro cultured cells	3
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Engagement of Foxh1 in chromatin regulation revealed by protein interactome analyses	3
Mosaic gene expression analysis of semaphorin–plexin interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans using the IR‐LEGO single‐cell gene induction system	3
Newly raised anti‐c‐Kit antibody visualizes morphology of interstitial cells of Cajal in the developing gut of chicken embryos	3
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Versatile utilities of amphibians (part 5)	3
Somatic Cells Induce Male‐Biased Translational Activity in the Germline of Drosophila melanogaster	3
Labeling and sorting of avian primordial germ cells utilizing Lycopersicon Esculentum lectin	3
Involvement of glucose in freeze tolerance in the Japanese tree frog Hyla japonica	3
Size adjustment occurs during the larval growth of the separated blastomeres of the starfish, Patiria Pectinifera	3
The origin of life: RNA and protein co‐evolution on the ancient Earth	3
Lineage tracing of Shh+ floor plate cells and dynamics of dorsal–ventral gene expression in the regenerating axolotl spinal cord	3
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GLI3 in Archaic Humans: Possible Contributions to Human Skeletal and Brain Evolution	3

Dysregulated TDP ‐43 proteostasis perturbs excitability of spinal motor neurons during brainstem‐mediated fictive locomotion in zebrafish	3
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